The Big Brother indian spin-off, Big Boss Season 17, premiered on 15 October 2023 (Sunday), and Mannara Chopra was the first contestant to enter the house. The production team granted her wish to let her choose her bed and room. Moreover, she was appointed as a class monitor to convey the rules to other contestants entering the Big Boss house.
Mannara was named ‘Barbie Handa’ in her childhood. However, she used her mother’s maiden name and dropped her surname before entering Bollywood. Over dropping her surname, she explained that she started running her social media accounts with the username ‘meMannara’ when her first film launched. Thus, there is no mystery in it.
Mannara’s appearance in the ‘Dabur Amla Hair Oil’ commercial instantly landed offers from the Telugu film industry. Mannara, a trained hip-hop and belly dancer, worked as a choreographer and fashion designer before making her acting debut.
Comparison With Priyanka Chopra And Parineeti Chopra
Parineeti Chopra’s father, Priyanka Chopra’s father, and Mannara Chopra’s mother are siblings. Thus, Mannara is the paternal cousin of Parineeti and Priyanka. Born in May 1991, Mannara predominantly works in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films. However, she could not establish herself through the Hindi films.
According to Mannara’s statement to IndianExpress, she does not get bothered by people comparing her with her super-star cousins, Parineeti and Priyanka. After appearing in a few Hindi and South Indian films, she turned to the streaming platform.
Mannara said she got enough offers to work on the streaming platforms, but she accepted the offers only after looking at the content and her comfort. So, she happily rules her empire.
Talking about Mannara’s work, she appeared in six Telugu films such as Prema Geema Jantha Nai (2001), Jakkanna (2016), Thikka (2016), Rogue (2017), Sita (2019), and Hi Five (2022). Her two Tamil films are Sandamarutham (2015) and Kaaval (2015).
She also appeared in a Hindi film, Zid (2014), a Punjabi film, Ohi Chann Ohi Raatan (TBA), over forty commercials, a music video ‘Hona Na Tumse Door’ with Gajendra Verma (2021), and another ‘Hum Reh Gaye Akele’ with Pranav Vatsa (2022).
People appreciated Mannara’s performance as an obsessive lover in Zid (2014). She had a notable radiance, though she lacked experience as an actress. However, Zid, directed and co-written by Vivek Agnihotri, was a commercial hit. Mannara appeared alongside Karanvir Sharma, Shraddha Das, and Seerat Kapoor in it.
Controversy Over A Kiss
Reportedly, Mannara will appear in an upcoming Telugu film, Suraksh Entertainment’s Tiragabadara Saami, alongside the talented actor Raj Tharun. The film will be directed by AS Ravikumar Chowdhary, who gave a few commercial hits.
Controversy took place when the director suddenly kissed Mannara on her cheek during the promotional tour of the film, and people found it weird. Mannara took to Instagram to clear some things amid the controversy.
According to Mannara’s Instagram video, she did not find worse intentions behind the director’s kiss, though she did not expect it. He must have got too excited to realize where he went wrong, and it happens with people. She did not expect people to spread it like fire.
Mannara added that she gets calls from the director apart from working hours and must have loved her work. She works in the South-Indian film industry and knows how much those people love her. So, she cannot think of the negative side.
She did not share further details, saying that she cleared the topic. Further, she asked people for some space. On the other hand, Mannara told IndianExpress that she loves traveling and the unpredictability of life. She met strangers of different age groups throughout her life and will use the experience in Big Boss 17. So, she has no strategy to survive in the Big Boss house.
Mannara decided to get comfortable with housemates over time, plan her game accordingly, and promised to welcome all surprises given by the house with open arms. However, she was only ready for surprises, not shocks.
Mannara got nominated this week and could not take the shock. That’s how the contestants target someone in the Big Boss house. She cried, saying the contestants appear better on the face and worse at the back.
